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babylonsister

(171,065 posts)
Wed Dec 28, 2022, 04:10 PM Dec 2022

Half of Chinese Passengers on Flights to Italy Had Covid

Awful.


https://politicalwire.com/2022/12/28/half-of-chinese-passengers-on-flights-to-italy-had-covid/

Half of Chinese Passengers on Flights to Italy Had Covid
December 28, 2022 at 2:14 pm EST By Taegan Goddard


“Nearly half of the passengers on two recent flights from China to Milan tested positive for Covid-19,” The Hill reports.
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Half of Chinese Passengers on Flights to Italy Had Covid (Original Post) babylonsister Dec 2022 OP
Doh! Blues Heron Dec 2022 #1
just Wonderfull. ugh secondwind Dec 2022 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2022 #3
I wonder if this is a new variant? Buckeyeblue Dec 2022 #4
If not yet, it certainly will be. LisaL Dec 2022 #7
I think their big variant is BF.7 Blues Heron Dec 2022 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2022 #28
new wave already here. ZonkerHarris Dec 2022 #8
I remember when "new wave" was cool. Sorry it is scary. Evolve Dammit Dec 2022 #26
Maybe too late, but restrictions are returning... FailureToCommunicate Dec 2022 #19
The wonders of 21st century air travel. A virus can travel halfway across the world before ... Hekate Dec 2022 #5
Let's also not forget that Xi Jianping is a fucking idiot. Initech Dec 2022 #18
Someone needs to change their vaccines! Maraya1969 Dec 2022 #6
How many Chinese passengers were on the flight? subterranean Dec 2022 #10
It says nearly half of the passengers on the flights.....n/t Hope22 Dec 2022 #11
As some DU'ers have pointed out 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2022 #12
To stop airplanes? KS Toronado Dec 2022 #22
One would think 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2022 #27
So... What happened then? Srkdqltr Dec 2022 #13
So what did Italy do? Fla Dem Dec 2022 #14
Every country knows. Have known. Tetrachloride Dec 2022 #15
What could possibly go wrong? Initech Dec 2022 #16
Nice lpbk2713 Dec 2022 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2022 #20
this shit closely borders germ warfare🤨 bringthePaine Dec 2022 #21
The CCP has no problem with it. roamer65 Dec 2022 #24
This should be encouraging Americans to get the Bivalent vaccines. roamer65 Dec 2022 #23
This is like catnip for some folks. BannonsLiver Dec 2022 #25
History Repeating Itself Deep State Witch Dec 2022 #29

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Hekate

(90,683 posts)
5. The wonders of 21st century air travel. A virus can travel halfway across the world before ...
Wed Dec 28, 2022, 04:31 PM
Dec 2022

… a virologist can get his pants on.

Or, something like that.

Initech

(100,075 posts)
18. Let's also not forget that Xi Jianping is a fucking idiot.
Wed Dec 28, 2022, 05:20 PM
Dec 2022

Zero COVID was a bad idea, and not administering the western vaccines made things even worse.

subterranean

(3,427 posts)
10. How many Chinese passengers were on the flight?
Wed Dec 28, 2022, 04:44 PM
Dec 2022

Were there two Chinese passengers? Two hundred? That would be pertinent information, I think, but the article doesn't say.

Fla Dem

(23,668 posts)
14. So what did Italy do?
Wed Dec 28, 2022, 05:04 PM
Dec 2022

I read the very short article and it didn't say what Italy did with the passengers who tested positive. Did they refuse them admission to Italy and send them back to China, or did they quarantine them in Italy for a week? Hopefully they didn't admit them and let them infect everyone in Italy. Of course, they probably infected the other half of the passengers who will come down with the virus after they disembarked and will infect many. Terrible journalism. Only half the story.

Nearly half of the passengers on two recent flights from China to Milan tested positive for COVID-19, Italian health officials said on Wednesday.

About 38 percent of passengers on one flight into Milan’s Malpensa Airport tested positive for COVID-19, as did about 52 percent of those on a second flight, according to local officials in Italy’s Lombardy region.

Italy will begin testing all new arrivals from China and sequencing the tests for new variants amid China’s surge in COVID-19 cases, Italy’s health minister said on Wednesday.

“The measure is essential to ensure surveillance and detection of possible variants of the virus in order to protect the Italian population,” Italian Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said.

Several other countries, including Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia, have already instituted similar requirements, with U.S. officials considering following suit, according to CBS News.

Italy will begin testing all new arrivals from China and sequencing the tests for new variants amid China’s surge in COVID-19 cases, Italy’s health minister said on Wednesday.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3790837-nearly-half-of-passengers-from-china-to-milan-have-covid-italian-officials/

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